What was found
AFT ENTRY DOOR LOWER HINGE CUTOUT IN FUSELAGE CRACKED AT THE LOWER FORWARD CORNER. MAJOR REPAIR: REMOVED DAMAGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL SKIN DOUBLER.
- Difficulty date
- December 1, 2007
- Submitted
- December 4, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N370UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 24539
- Aircraft time
- 50,544 hours, 34,219 cycles
- Engine
- Cfmint CFM563C1
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.